COMMENTARIES
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Good Riddance: The End of Imed Mugniyeh
Siddharth Ramana · 26 Feb, 2008 · #2497 · Commentary
On 12 February 2008 a car bomb exploded in Damascus, Syria. The victim was a person whose name spelt terror during the 1980s and 1990s - Imed Mugniyeh. While the name is not heard of as often as Osama bin Laden's in the realm of terrorism, M...
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China, India and Australian politics of 'Quad'
· 18 Feb, 2008 · #2496 · Commentary
If international relations are all about balancing and bandwagoning, Australia has proved itself a good practitioner. Its recent decision to pull out of the US-Japan-Australia-India quadrilateral initiative has not only given a balance of power ...
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Reopening of the Stilwell Road: At a Standstill
Yogendra Singh · 18 Feb, 2008 · #2495 · Commentary
In December 2007, during the inaugural session of international trade center at Nampong town at the India-Myanmar border, Indian Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh indicated that his Ministry would be lobbying for the reopening of Stil...
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Northeast's Look East Policy: Securitizing the Region through Development
Vibhanshu Shekhar · 18 Feb, 2008 · #2494 · Commentary
During the last one year, India's northeast has emerged as a major focus of discussion in India's Look East Policy (LEP). Various ministries in the central government, such as those of External Affairs (MEA), Trade and Commerce, and Deve...
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Forthcoming J&K State Assembly Elections
Masood Ali Mir · 11 Feb, 2008 · #2493 · Commentary
Elections are considered the heart of any political process since they signify democracy in practice. As the six-year term of the current J & K State Legislative Assembly comes to an end in October 2008, the state readies itself for the upco...
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IC-814: Facts, Trial, Verdict, and Implications
Gautam Chawla · 11 Feb, 2008 · #2492 · Commentary
The Indian Airlines flight IC-814 flying from Kathmandu to Delhi was hijacked on 24 December 1999 while flying over Lucknow. The plane was taken first to Lahore, then to Amritsar and finally to Kandahar, Afghanistan. The lives of 189 passengers ...
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National Security Problems in the Middle East and the Prospects for Peace
· 09 Feb, 2008 · #2491 · Commentary
Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 18 January 2008
Speaker: Prof. Efraim Inbar, Bar-Ilan University
The overall security environment of Israel comprises of three important concentric
circles,
The immediate neighborhood
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Bird Flu: A Threat to Economic Security
Saumitra Mohan · 09 Feb, 2008 · #2490 · Commentary
It
is a world of complex interdependence among nations. Joseph Nye and Robert Keohane
said that much earlier. But with bird flu raging in our neighbourhood, we are
busy basking in our 9 per cent plus economic growth rate. But it did not t...
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Sino-Indian Relations: Concentrate on the Economy
AM Vohra · 09 Feb, 2008 · #2489 · Commentary
The question that bothers Indians vis-a-vis Sino-Indian relations is, 'why is China going slow on the finalizations of the Sino-Indian boundary?' The Joint Working Group (JWG) has been meeting regularly but has little to show in the way ...
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From Beijing to Itanagar
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman · 07 Feb, 2008 · #2488 · Commentary
'From Beijing to Itanagar' sounds like a part of a tour itinerary of a Chinese traveller on a visit to India to explore the serene vistas of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India. This in spite of the various and elaborate travel restrict...
